Written answers
Thursday, 25 January 2018
- Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
- Dublin-Monaghan Bombings
9. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the status of the ongoing outstanding requests with the British Government regarding inquiries into the Dublin Monaghan bombings; and if he...
- Brexit Issues
11. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if the Government has prepared and finalised Brexit sectoral response plans for each Department as committed to in May 2017; if so, if he...
- Middle East Issues
12. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will request the release of a person (details supplied); his views on the position of UNICEF that the ill-treatment of Palestinian...
- Election Monitoring Missions
16. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the progress made on producing a new roster for election monitoring with an open transparent scoring form that will be available to those...
- Middle East Issues
18. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent of the engagement of the Foreign Affairs Council regarding the continuing humanitarian crisis in Yemen caused by extreme violence;...
- Ministerial Meetings
19. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on his recent visit to Israel and Palestine; if he drew the attention of the Israeli Prime Minister to Ireland’s...
- Election Monitoring Missions
20. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade further to Parliamentary Question No. 44 of 13 December 2017, his plans to use his influence at EU and UN levels and via the EU delegation in...
- Departmental Strategies
21. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will further elaborate on his plans to double Ireland's global footprint by 2025; the criteria being used to determine the way in which...
- Middle East Issues
22. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade when Ireland will officially recognise the state of Palestine; the reason for the delay in doing so in view of the unanimous passing of a...
- Brexit Issues
23. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the status of his negotiations, particularly those relating to the Border region of counties Cavan and Monaghan, in view of Brexit and the...
- Ministerial Communications
24. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has expressed his views publically or to the United States administration with regard to President Trump's recent derogatory remarks...
- Israeli Settlements
25. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he formally raised the expansion of illegal settlements with the Israeli Prime Minister during his recent visit to the Middle East; and if...
- International Agreements
26. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to international plans for the potential return of 100,000 Rohingya to Myanmar and that this is occurring...
- Brexit Negotiations
27. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he or his officials have discussed phase two of the Brexit negotiations with the British Government at ministerial or official level. [3055/18]
- EU Issues
30. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the way in which interested persons from County Kildare and surrounding counties can contribute to the ongoing dialogue on the future of...
- Syrian Conflict
31. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the contact which has been made with the UN regarding the attacks on 9 January 2018 by Israeli missiles on Syrian army positions near...
- Passport Services
32. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his plans to open a regional passport office in the Border region; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3686/18]
- Human Rights
33. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will raise the issue of human rights on his official visit to China and Hong Kong for St Patrick's Day; and if he will make a statement...
- Passport Applications Data
34. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the turnaround time for passport applications processed through the Cork passport office; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3647/18]
- Undocumented Irish in the USA
35. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the position regarding the efforts being made on the needs of the undocumented Irish in the United States of America; the extent to which...
- Northern Ireland
36. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on his meeting with the new British Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, Ms Karen Bradley, in London on 12 January...
- Passport Services
37. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on the efficiency of the passport service following the removal of the passport express service from the Cork passport...
- Brexit Issues
38. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the consideration that was given to assisting Ireland in relation to Brexit in the St Patrick's Day travel plan; and if he will make a...
- UN Security Council
40. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the status of his Department's work in securing a seat for Ireland on the UN Security Council as a non-permanent member for the 2021 to 2022...
- Human Rights
44. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has formally raised the issue of Christian persecution at the UN and the EU Foreign Affairs Council; the actions being taken by his...
- Humanitarian Aid Provision
45. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent to which he, together with his EU and UN colleagues, continues to co-ordinate efforts to address issues of war, starvation,...
- Department of Defence
- Defence Forces Recruitment
47. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the minimum criteria for recruitment into the Army; the reason a person (details supplied) did not meet the minimum criteria; and if he will make...
- Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
- Birth Certificates Provision
48. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the status of an application by a person (details supplied) for a foreign birth registration; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Brexit Issues
49. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade further to the UK Secretary of State for the Exiting of the European Union's comments in December 2017 that the agreement between Ireland and...
- EU Bodies
50. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the way in which a person was selected as a nominee for appointment to the expert group set up by the director general of the European...
- Middle East Issues
51. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his plans to progress the recognition of Palestine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3870/18]
- Brexit Issues
52. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent to which he expects the EU to continue to trade with the UK post Brexit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3894/18]
- Diplomatic Representation
53. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent to which Irish diplomatic staff abroad are engaged with promoting trade; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3895/18]
- EU Issues
54. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent to which the EU continues to foster good relations with Georgia and Ukraine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3896/18]
- Middle East Issues
55. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the degree to which the EU continues to maintain a positive influence in the Middle East with particular reference to the Israeli Palestine...
- Human Rights
56. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent to which the international community is dealing with the situation in the Horn of Africa with particular reference to the...
- Multilateral Development Banks
57. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent to which the multilateral aid programme continues to reach those for whom it was intended; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Overseas Development Aid
58. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent to which the bilateral aid programme continues to make progress in the context of delivering aid effectively and efficiently to...
- EU Membership
60. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent to which candidate countries seeking to join the EU continue to adhere to the aquis communautaire; and if he will make a statement...
- EU Issues
61. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent to which all member states in the EU contiue to adhere to EU rules; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3909/18]
- Overseas Development Aid Provision
63. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the countires to which Ireland contributes by way of development aid; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3911/18]
- Common Security and Defence Policy
64. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent to which the activities of Boko Haram continue to be restricted throughout Africa; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Human Rights
66. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on the most serious incidences of genocide reported in the past year; the action taken at EU and UN level to combat the...
- Department of Finance
- Vehicle Registration
67. To ask the Minister for Finance when a reply will issue to correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3699/18]
- Motor Insurance Costs
68. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the number of complaints arising over older cars in full working condition that have successfully passed the NCT and that...
- VAT Registration
69. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to reform the preferential treatment of farmers in regard to VAT. [3746/18]
- Motor Insurance
70. To ask the Minister for Finance when the remaining claimants in relation to a company (details supplied) will be compensated; the way in which the State is protecting customers of the company...
- Departmental Meetings
71. To ask the Minister for Finance the dates of all meetings held by his Department with a company (details supplied) in 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3761/18]
- Credit Unions
72. To ask the Minister for Finance the changes to criteria for penny bank saving funds in banks and credit unions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3789/18]
- European Central Bank
73. To ask the Minister for Finance the input his Department or the Central Bank has had in the ECB's work on supervisory response on the treatment of non-performing split mortgages; and if he...
- Primary Medical Certificates Applications
74. To ask the Minister for Finance if the circumstances involved in a primary medical certificate application by a person (details supplied) will be investigated; and if he will make a statement...
- Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
- Office of Public Works Properties
75. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the agreement in place with his Department and Louth County Council regarding the use of a site (details supplied); the number of his...
- Department of Education and Skills
- Departmental Funding
76. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount of funding invested in an institute (details supplied) for 2018. [3766/18]
- Schools Site Acquisitions
77. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the new site for a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3703/18]
- Schools Building Projects Administration
78. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the proposal to build housing units at the site formally occupied by a school (details supplied); the extent of discussions with the...
- Emergency Works Scheme Applications
79. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a grant application by a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3796/18]
- School Closures
80. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the engagement his Department has had with the patron of a school (details supplied) regarding the future provision of primary education in the...
- Schools Building Projects
81. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of building projects that were interrupted in 2017 by firms going into liquidation. [3810/18]
- School Accommodation Provision
84. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason his Department has not facilitated the development of a full stream educate together school in Trim, County Meath (details supplied)....
- Education Funding
85. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on the disparity between educational funding for educational psychologists in contrast to clinical psychologists; and the steps he will...
- Department of Justice and Equality
- Private Security Authority
86. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the reason a licence renewal application (details supplied) is not available in Irish online; and if he will make a statement on...
- Visa Applications
87. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will report on the join family D visa application process; the criteria that must be met (details supplied); and if he...
- Garda Investigations
88. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if a matter regarding the case of a person (details supplied) will be addressed; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Garda Vetting Applications
89. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 337 of 20 September 2017, when a reply will issue; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Garda Information and Communications Technology
90. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if there is a formal tracking system to monitor crimestoppers information; and the action taken once that information is sent to...
- Garda Data
91. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of priority and civilian posts within An Garda Síochána that are unfilled; the date each post was approved...
- Garda Reform
92. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of the implementation of the An Garda Síochána national operating framework; if this framework has been...
- Garda Reports
93. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will report on the promised culture audit within An Garda Síochána; if he has received an interim report; his...
- Policing Authority Reports
94. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he has received the fourth report on the assessment of implementation of changing policing in Ireland from the Policing...
- Garda Investigations
95. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will report on the establishment of a national major investigations team within An Garda Síochána; and if he...
- Garda Data
96. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the amount An Garda Síochána recouped for the provision of police services on a non-public duty basis under section 30...
- Immigration Status
99. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when an application by a person (details supplied) for stamp 4 will be approved; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Travel Documents
101. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if a temporary travel document will be issued to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Immigration Status
102. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when temporary or long-term residency will be offered to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
- Leave to Remain
105. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the progress in the determination of eligibility for long-term residency-naturalisation in the case of a person (details...
- Deportation Orders Re-examination
106. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if a full review of the case and decision to deport a person (details supplied) will be arranged; and if he will make a...
- Immigration Status
107. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when a temporary or long-term residency stamp 4 will be awarded in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make...
- Naturalisation Applications
108. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when naturalisation will be awarded to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3916/18]
- Leave to Remain
109. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if all required documentation has been supplied to the relevant section of his Department by a person (details supplied) in...
- Residency Permits
110. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of special residency in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3921/18]
- Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation
- Brexit Issues
111. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the extent to which she continues to establish new trade links with a view to post-Brexit; and if she will make a statement on the...
- IDA Ireland Data
112. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation further to Parliamentary Question No. 617 of 11 October 2016, the available IDA lands at the end of quarter 4 2017; the occupied IDA...
- IDA Ireland Site Visits
113. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation when quarter 4 2017 IDA site visits data will be available. [3853/18]
- Joint Labour Committees
114. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the joint labour committees in operation per sector, in tabular form. [3855/18]
- State Aid
115. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the remit of the state aid modernisation working group; her plans for the SAM working group which will take place here in April 2018;...
- Civil Service Staff Data
116. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of full time and part time civil servants working in the state aid unit by administrative grade. [3857/18]
- Brexit Issues
117. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation when the €300 million Brexit loan scheme fund announced in budget 2018 for SME businesses will open for applications; the...
- Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement
118. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation her plans to publish an account of the investigative failures of a trial (details supplied) identified by a person; and the steps that...
- Department of Health
- Speech and Language Therapy Provision
119. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 322 of 5 December 2017, if there is a permanent speech and language therapist in place in a school (details supplied);...
- Hospital Appointments Status
120. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive a hospital appointment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3698/18]
- Mental Health Services Provision
122. To ask the Minister for Health if a person's (details supplied) need for more frequent psychiatric appointments will be addressed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3708/18]
- Orthodontic Services Waiting Lists
123. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will be called for orthodontic treatment. [3712/18]
- Orthodontic Services Data
125. To ask the Minister for Health the number of full-time and part-time orthodontists employed by the HSE in County Laois; and the level of service the part time orthodontists provide. [3714/18]
- Hospital Waiting Lists
126. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to investigate matters relating to a person (details supplied) in County Roscommon; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3715/18]
- Hospital Staff
127. To ask the Minister for Health his views on whether patients in public hospitals that are to be treated by consultants not on the Medical Council’s specialist register should be made...
- Haddington Road Agreement Implementation
128. To ask the Minister for Health the hospitals in which the reforms introduced under the Haddington Road agreement regarding the operation of the working day over a period from 8am to 8pm are...
- Non-Consultant Hospital Doctors
129. To ask the Minister for Health the hospitals in which the transfer of tasks previously undertaken by non-consultant hospital doctors to nurses in return for the restoration of the time and...
- Hospital Consultant Contracts
130. To ask the Minister for Health the hospitals in which consultants are routinely rostered to carry out duties on a Saturday or Sunday, in tabular form. [3724/18]
- Public Sector Pensions
131. To ask the Minister for Health if a matter (details supplied) regarding the State pension age will be addressed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3732/18]
- Hospital Appointments Status
132. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a hospital appointment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3738/18]
- Health Care Infrastructure Provision
133. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding construction progress of a project (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3750/18]
- Vaccination Programme
134. To ask the Minister for Health the way in which he plans to identify the persons that are at risk of suffering from side effects due to the chronic stimulation of their immune system through...
- Hospital Charges
135. To ask the Minister for Health the ethical rationale and legal basis for the recurring levying of a day inpatient charge for ongoing venesection treatments; and if he will make a statement...
- Hospitals Data
136. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons waiting zero to three, three to six, six to nine, nine to 12, 12 to 18, 18 to 24 and over 24 months, respectively, for an appointment at...
- Services for People with Disabilities
137. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to increase the capacity of the early intervention team in the HSE to meet demand; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3764/18]
- General Practitioner Data
138. To ask the Minister for Health the number of general practitioners participating in the GP visit card scheme for those under six years of age in the Dublin 1, 3 and 7 areas; and the way in...
- Primary Care Centres Provision
139. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a primary care centre for east County Meath; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3786/18]
- Health Care Infrastructure Provision
141. To ask the Minister for Health the financial contribution his Department and the HSE will make for the provision of a second hospice suite at a hospital (details supplied); and if he will...
- EU Directives
142. To ask the Minister for Health if a reply will issue to correspondence from an association (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3800/18]
- Long-Term Illness Scheme Coverage
143. To ask the Minister for Health if approval will be given for the freestyle libre device to be included in the long term illness scheme. [3809/18]
- Medicinal Products Reimbursement
146. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the Health Service Executive and his Department are not including persons of all ages in the libre reimbursement scheme; if they will be included at...
- Long-Term Illness Scheme Eligibility
150. To ask the Minister for Health when the freestyle libre system will be made available under the LTI scheme for persons with diabetes; if availability will not be restricted only to persons...
- Health Care Professionals
151. To ask the Minister for Health the level of consultation with health care support assistants in establishing a new roster system; if he and the HSE will ensure continuity of care on the...
- Medical Card Applications
152. To ask the Minister for Health when a medical card will issue in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3898/18]
- Medicinal Products Supply
153. To ask the Minister for Health when versatis 5% medicated plasters can be restored in the quantity required to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Medical Card Applications
154. To ask the Minister for Health if in the case of renewal of medical cards in the case of persons (details supplied), his attention was drawn to the fact that their card renewed with an...
- Health Services Provision
155. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which rehabilitation and-or support can be made available to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3922/18]
- Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
- Basic Payment Scheme Eligibility
156. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if solar farmlands are covered in the single farm payment; if not, his plans for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Flood Relief Schemes Applications
157. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason for the delay in payment being issued to a person (details supplied) in County Donegal under the Inishowen flood damage...
- Food Labelling
160. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding the labelling of food in Irish; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- GLAS Payments
161. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a payment under the GLAS scheme will issue to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3719/18]
- Bovine Disease Controls
162. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a matter (details supplied) regarding the testing of deer for tuberculosis will be addressed; and if he will make a statement on...
- Basic Payment Scheme Eligibility
163. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a matter regarding a cut to the BPS payment of a person (details supplied) will be addressed; and if he will make a statement on...
- Transfer of Entitlements Application
164. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a matter (details supplied) regarding entitlements will be addressed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3736/18]
- GLAS Payments
165. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) will receive outstanding GLAS payments for 2016 and 2017; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Basic Payment Scheme Payments
167. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason the single farm payment for a person (details supplied) has not been issued; and when this payment will issue. [3770/18]
- GLAS Payments
168. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason a GLAS 2 payment for a person (details supplied) has not been issued in view of the fact that the person signed up in...
- Animal Welfare
169. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the action he plans to take to ban fox hunting. [3772/18]
- Agriculture Cashflow Support Loan Scheme Data
170. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the loans made available to persons through the agriculture cashflow support loan scheme to date; and if he will make a statement on...
- Horse Racing Ireland
171. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on whether the appointment process for the position of chairperson of Horse Racing Ireland which becomes vacant on 18 March...
- Brexit Issues
173. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when the €300 million Brexit loan scheme fund announced in budget 2018 will open for applications; the length of time the fund...
- GLAS Data
175. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of persons in receipt of GLAS 1, 2 and 3 that have received the 85% advance payment of their 2017 payment, by county, in...
- Fisheries Protection
176. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on proposals to harmonise EU legislation on fishing gears, bycatch rules and small catches (details supplied). [3879/18]
- Sea Lice Controls
177. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the systems in place to address the threat of sea lice to wild salmon on farms. [3880/18]
- Food Marketing Programme
178. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department or Bord Bia has analysed marketing regarding nomadic meat in the UK; and the policy options to progress this issue...
- Common Agricultural Policy Reform
179. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on recent policy statements by President Macron’s administration (details supplied) regarding deep reform of CAP at...
- Pigmeat Sector
180. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on the return pig farmers are receiving for their produce from processors,with farmers being paid below the cost of...
- Fodder Crisis
181. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding the transport subsidy scheme he recently announced; when it will open for applications; and his plans to bring...
- Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment
- National Broadband Plan Implementation
182. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if an issue (details supplied) regarding the roll-out of fibre broadband will be addressed; and if he will make a...
- Waste Disposal Charges
183. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if extra allowances will be provided to parents with children with special needs, especially persons with incontinent...
- Broadband Service Speeds
184. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his plans to improve broadband availability in Glascorn, Rathconrath, County Westmeath; if so, when they will be rolled...
- Telecommunications Infrastructure
185. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment further to a reply from a company (details supplied), his plans to provide for flexibility in cases in which small...
- Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
- Dublin Bus
186. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to changes being made to the proposed timing of the handover of Dublin Bus routes to a company (details...
- Driver Test Waiting Lists
187. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if a driving test for a person (details supplied) will be expedited; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3755/18]
- Public Transport
188. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the steps he is taking to address the significant overcrowding issues that are ongoing on the Luas; and his plans to add to the capacity...
- Rail Services Provision
189. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on whether there is potential for Irish Rail to increase the frequency of service along certain rail lines, particularly those...
- Aviation Industry
191. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to the advices provided in the notice dated 11 December 2017 sent by the European Commission to the Commission for Aviation...
- Road Tolls
192. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if all persons overcharged on the M1 toll at Drogheda will be refunded; if a full investigation will take place; if the toll operator...
- Driver Licences
193. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the date a person (details supplied) was issued with a full drivers licence by the appropriate driving licencing authority; and if he...
- Parking Provision
194. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if coaches will be able to park overnight in the coach park soon to open in the docks area if parked in advance of the 7 p.m entry...
- Department of Children and Youth Affairs
- Early Childhood Care and Education
195. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the status of a child vis-a-vis access to the ECCE scheme that will reach three years of age on 18 January 2019. [3765/18]
- Department of Rural and Community Development
- Departmental Funding
196. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the status of funding for an archive (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3702/18]
- Communities Facilities Scheme Funding
197. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if grant assistance is available to a facility (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3711/18]
- Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
- Departmental Reports
198. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the person or body that researched and composed the report by her Department, chronic fatigue syndrome version 5; the costs...
- Data Sharing Arrangements
199. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the social welfare services office is allowed to share the personal data of a person with the social welfare appeals...
- Humanitarian Assistance Scheme
200. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if grant assistance is available for a facility (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3709/18]
- Social Insurance Fund
201. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the scheme which allows self employed persons to claim the invalidity pension can be backdated in circumstances (details...
- State Pension (Contributory) Eligibility
202. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the conditions that must be met in order for self employed persons to receive the State pension; and if she will make a...
- Social Welfare Schemes Data
203. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons listed as self employed that are in receipt of social welfare payments, in tabular form. [3731/18]
- Social Insurance Fund
204. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the legislation that was in place in 1984 regarding married women signing for unemployment assistance; if the case of a...
- Disability Allowance Appeals
205. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an appeal for a disability allowance by a person (detail supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
- Social Welfare Offices
206. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the Castlepollard social welfare branch office is to be closed; her plans in relation to this office; and if services...
- Disability Allowance Eligibility
207. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason a disability allowance payment has not been made to a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement...
- Social Welfare Appeals
208. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the social welfare services office on receipt of additional documentation in support of a disability allowance claim...
- Local Employment Service
209. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons referred to the local employment service in 2016 and 2017, by county. [3823/18]
- JobPath Data
210. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the amount paid to Jobpath providers in 2017. [3824/18]
- Back to Education Allowance Data
213. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons in receipt of the back to education allowance in each of the years 2015 to 2017. [3827/18]
- Community Employment Schemes Data
214. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons engaged in community employment in each of the years 2015 to 2017. [3828/18]
- Child Benefit Payments
217. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when arrears of child benefit dating back to February 2017 will be issued in the case of a person (details supplied); and if...
- Disability Allowance Eligibility
218. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason the constant pain and wearing of a bandage resulting in difficulty finding employment has been disregarded in the...
- Disability Allowance Appeals
219. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when payment, including arrears of disability allowance, will be made in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she...
- Illness Benefit Eligibility
220. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a person (details supplied) qualifies for further support in view of the fact that they only receive €224 per week;...
- Child Benefit Eligibility
221. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when child benifit and child dependant allowance will be restored in respect of their second child in the case of a person...
- Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government
- Planning Issues
222. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the way in which it is possible for a business (detail supplied) to operate without planning permission unimpeded by his...
- Approved Housing Bodies
223. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if grant assistance is available for a facility (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3710/18]
- Social and Affordable Housing
224. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to reintroduce an affordable housing scheme; when he expects to announce the details of this scheme; the details of...
- Housing Adaptation Grant Applications
225. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of an appeal for a housing adaptation grant by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
- Local Authority Housing Provision
226. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when negotiations will be concluded regarding the provision of housing at a site (details supplied) previously used to...
- Local Authority Housing Data
227. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the amount spent, and the number of additional housing units delivered, from July 2016 to the end of 2017, in each category....
- Tenant Purchase Scheme
228. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when a new tenant purchase scheme will be implemented; when the new scheme will purchase affordable sites; and if he will make...
- European Investment Bank
229. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to increase European Investment Bank investment in special development zones such as Adamstown Hansfield and...
- National Planning Framework
230. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans for additional special development zones at brownfield sites in the greater Dublin area; and if he will make a...
- Mayoral Election
232. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the reform of local government in the greater Dublin area in particular the provision of a directly elected...
- Departmental Functions
233. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his Department has responsibility for the updating of the boundaries of district electoral divisions; his views on whether...
- Social and Affordable Housing Provision
235. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to increase affordable housing provision in developments other than those on State or public land; and if he will...
- Rental Sector Strategy
236. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to provide affordable rental properties in Dublin, Cork and Galway; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Planning Issues
238. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his views on a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3788/18]
- Local Authority Housing Mortgages
239. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 235 of 17 of January 2018, and in view of the announcement of the introduction of the...
- Local Authority Funding
240. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the funding allocated to each local authority in each of the years 2015 to 2017 with respect to refurbishing voids, purchasing...
- Local Authority Housing Mortgages
241. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the criteria for and the estimated number of applications per annum of the recently announced mortgage scheme. [3863/18]
- Housing Data
245. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when monthly reports of housing target and delivery will be published. [3867/18]
- Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
- Deer Hunting
248. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the position regarding the proposed mandatory hunter competence as assessment programme and concerns raised by farmers and members...
- Irish Coursing Club
249. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if a licence has been issued to a club (details supplied) to host a second day of trials at Powerstown Park, Clonmel; and if so,...
- Airport Development Projects
250. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht when the land for Clifden airport was purchased; the person or body from which the land was purchased; the amount paid for the...
- Creative Ireland Programme
256. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the local authorities that have not yet published their culture and creative plans; and if she will make a statement on the...
